MILITARY PERSONNEL

José Sanjurjo

1872 - 1936

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José Sanjurjo y Sacanell (Spanish: [saŋˈxuɾxo]; 28 March 1872 – 20 July 1936) was a Spanish military officer who was one of the military leaders who plotted the July 1936 coup d'état that started the Spanish Civil War. He was endowed the nobiliary title of "Marquis of the Rif" in 1927. A monarchist opponent of the Second Spanish Republic proclaimed in 1931, he led a coup d'état known as la Sanjurjada in August 1932. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Sanjurjo has received more than 534,160 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). José Sanjurjo is the 456th most popular military personnel (up from 464th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Spain (down from 356th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

José Sanjurjo was a general in the Spanish army who led the coup that overthrew the government of the Second Spanish Republic.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, José Sanjurjo ranks 456 out of 2,058. Before him are Karl Mack von Leiberich, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Viktor Lutze, George I Rákóczi, Xu Chu, and Ante Gotovina. After him are Jan Kubiš, Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, and Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, José Sanjurjo ranks 32. Before him are Eduard Bloch, Gotse Delchev, Aubrey Beardsley, Georgy Chicherin, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, and Archduke Joseph August of Austria. After him are Habibullah Khan, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Emily Davison, Hugo Alfvén, Ichiyō Higuchi, and Willem de Sitter. Among people deceased in 1936, José Sanjurjo ranks 45. Before him are Georgy Chicherin, Julius Schreck, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Heinrich Rickert, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Marcel Grossmann. After him are Robert Michels, Wilhelm Gustloff, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Bertha Pappenheim, Duan Qirui, and Alexander Berkman.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Sanjurjo ranks 358 out of 3,355. Before him are Ricardo Bofill (1939), Al-Bakri (1014), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), and Ruy González de Clavijo (1400). After him are Joseph Karo (1488), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Juana Enríquez (1425), and José María Aznar (1953).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, José Sanjurjo ranks 6. Before him are Roland (736), Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Juan Pujol García (1912), and John of Austria the Younger (1629). After him are Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Antonio Tejero (1932), Inés Suárez (1507), Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526), Serena (365), and José Miaja (1878).

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